Still a Family: A Story about Homelessness

By Brenda Reeves Sturgis and Jo-Shin Lee

New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2017

A family has fallen on hard times and are living in different homeless shelters. But even though they are separate, they are still a family.

A little girl and her parents have lost their home and must live in a homeless shelter. Even worse, due to a common shelter policy, her dad must live in a men's shelter, separated from her and her mom. Despite these circumstances, the family still finds time to be together. They meet at the park to play hide-and-seek, slide on slides, and pet puppies. While the young girl wishes for better days when her family is together again under a roof of their very own, she continues to remind herself that they're still a family even in times of separation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Release date: Jan 31, 2017
• ISBN: 9780807577080

Brenda Reeves Sturgis

Brenda Reeves Sturgis is the award-winning author of the picture books 10 Turkeys in the Road, The Lake Where Loon Lives, and Touchdown! This is her fifth book. She is a member of SCBWI and currently lives in Maine on a lovely little lake.

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Reviews for Still a Family

[jennybeast · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Excellent. heartbreaking.

[melodyreads · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

tough story